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Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2008

Filed:

Apr. 24, 2003
Applicants:

Matthew Stewart, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Thomas J. Tomlinson, Cincinnati, OH (US);

David J. Dietz, Loveland, OH (US);

Patsy Augustine Ruzzo, West Chester, OH (US);

Inventors:

Matthew Stewart, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Thomas J. Tomlinson, Cincinnati, OH (US);

David J. Dietz, Loveland, OH (US);

Patsy Augustine Ruzzo, West Chester, OH (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 4/18 (2006.01); G01N 29/04 (2006.01); G01N 29/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An article having a thermal-spray coating thereon is prepared by thermally spraying a coating material onto a surface of a substrate article. The coated article is nondestructively tested by directing a transmitted ultrasonic signal into the coated article, receiving a received ultrasonic signal from the coated article, and evaluating a near-bondline region of the coated article located adjacent to the surface of the article using the received ultrasonic signal.


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